DeathSound — Sound & Emote

Play a custom sound and show a custom emote image every time your character dies.

Drop in your own audio and image files, run the included batch files, and configure everything from the in-game options panel — no manual file editing required.

Features

Sound

Plays a custom sound via the Master audio channel on character death
Supports .ogg and .mp3 files
WoW Sound ID mode — enter any Sound ID from Wowhead directly
Random mode — plays a different sound every death, never repeating
Live test button to preview sounds without dying

Emote

Displays a custom image overlay on character death
Supports .png (recommended) and .tga (legacy)
Random mode — shows a different image every death, never repeating
Anchor to Release Spirit popup — image appears left of the death dialog, sized automatically
Free positioning and size input (64–160 px, square) in edit mode
Live test button — previews the image for 6 seconds without dying

General

Clean two-tab options panel: Sound and Emote
Everything disabled when DeathSound is turned off — no sound, no image
ElvUI skin included — automatically applied when ElvUI is active
Localized in English and German
No duplicate playback — fires exactly once per death

Adding Sounds

Place .ogg or .mp3 files into Interface\AddOns\DeathSound\Sounds\
Run UpdateSoundList.bat
Fully restart WoW (no /reload)
Select your sound in the Sound tab

Adding Emotes

Place .png or .tga files into Interface\AddOns\DeathSound\Images\
Run UpdateImageList.bat
Fully restart WoW (no /reload)
Select your image in the Emote tab

Slash Commands

Command	Action
`/deathsound`	Open options panel
`/deathsound test`	Test current sound
`/deathsound on`	Enable
`/deathsound off`	Disable
`/ds`	Shorthand

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